America’s Truckers Are Hauling In Higher Pay
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Wages are on the move for America’s truckers as the freight transportation industry contends with driver shortages and increased demand for shipping services.
A recent study by the American Trucking Associations of more than 100,000 employees and contractors showed the median salary of a U.S. truckload driver increased about 15 percent to $53,000 from 2013 to 2017. Pay for a private fleet trucker jumped almost 18 percent to more than $86,000. By comparison, average hourly earnings for all private workers in the U.S. rose about 10 percent during the same period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.